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Product: BSD – David Grant Signature Raider Frame

July 30, 2015

Is it time for a new frame? Are you a taller guy looking for a little room to work with? Maybe David Grant’s signature Raider frame from BSD is what you need? This frame is made from full 4130 chromoly tubing with a 75-degree head tube angle, 71-degree seat tube angle, 11.75″ bottom bracket height, 9.3″ stand over height and a 13.5″ – 14″ chain stay length. The frame features an internally relieved head tube, gussets on the top and down tubes for increased strength, a MID bottom bracket, Integrated seat post clamp, an extra wide rear triangle for 2.40″ tire clearance, tapered seat and chain stays and curved ends on the stays to give a little extra room for peg clearance. This Raider frame is brakeless, so there are no mounts.

The Raider frame is available in top tube lengths of 20.7″, 21″ and 21.6″ with colors of Space Ghost purple, clear coat raw and translucent black and a weight of 5lbs.

This frame is available through BMX shops and mail-orders that carry BSD worldwide. You can see more photos below!

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Adam LZ’s Pepper Jam 2015

July 30, 2015

When Adam LZ throws a jam, you know it’s going to be a good time! Check out over 22 minutes of footage from the entire day of the Pepper Jam he threw the other weekend at the Newtown skatepark! They had a HUGE turn out, a lot of peppers, stickers and prizes galore and a ton of awesome riding. Check out the highlights above! After you do that, check out a few photos our friend and photographer Zach Honahan shot during the day as well below!

“A BMX jam, revolved around peppers? We turned a complete joke into a realit and no one anticipated how big this thing would be…
Killer riding, mini-contests, shenanigans, good vibes, and more!

So this whole thing literally started when I went on one of my twitter rants, beating the pepper joke to death. “I’m going to have a pepper jam with free dr. pepper, peppers, and pizza with peppers”. The more I thought about it, the more stoked I got on the idea of having a pepper themed Jam. I hit up parks & rec and they were stoked on the idea, and gave me permission to use Newotwn Skatepark so long as nothing was sold. All the food and drinks I paid for with money that LZBMX has made, so thank you guys for the support and enabling me to do something like this! Also huge thanks to Profile, Shadow, Subrosa, and Deco for sending me out free stuff to give out!

The turn-out was about twice what I expected with people driving over 10 hours to ride what I consider a pretty mediocre park. With people coming that far I really felt the pressure to make the jam awesome, and I really think we accomplished that. I spent most of the day running around, screaming into the mic, and making sure things went smoothly so I wasn’t really able to ride too much or get clips for this video. I also sprained my ankle pretty badly on one of those 180 whips, but it’s better now.

This video was miserable to edit. We literally had four different cameras filming simultaneously sometimes and there were 700+ clips I had to sort though. So if you enjoyed it, please let me know! HUGE thanks to all my friends who grabbed a camera and helped film so we could document this event. Including Zach Honahan, Cody Krueger, Jimmy Oakes, Aidan Panagrosso, Brandon Draper, Nicole Bae, and RJ Zeindenslugawitzakowski.

Also huge thanks to all you guys that came out. I couldn’t be more stoked on all these meetups we’ve been doing. Everyone that comes out always has such positive attitudes and I genuinely enjoy meeting you guys. Now I’m off to the UK to spend some time with Boqer, so hopefully I’ll see some of y’all there!”

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Glenn Salyers Memorial Jam

July 30, 2015

There’s a Glenn Salyers Memorial Jam going down at The Kitchen Skatepark on Saturday, August 8th! They will be having a big jam along with a few different things like raffles to help raise money to donate to the Glenn Salyers Memorial Fund! If you’re in the Indiana area, this is going to be an event you’ll want to be at, so start planning! It’s just a little over a week away.

Learn more on the FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE!

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The Usual One #11

July 30, 2015

Here’s one we spotted over on Focalpoint from a session that went down at Riverside Skatepark down in Australia. This has a pretty chill vibe to it, but there’s some solid grinds and jibs worth checking out. Get on the play button.

“Check it out my ‘The usual one’ jibs.
Filmed and edited: Prnz
Riders:Kyle, Brett, Prnz
Camera: Canon 7D
Location: Riverside skatepark
Song: Xavier Wulf – Psycho Pass” – Kenneth Piromkarn

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In The Cut: Nick Castillo and David Grant

July 30, 2015

Can’t go wrong with some Nick Castillo and David Grant footage! Check out some raw iPhone action from California and Indiana spots in this BMX video! Both of these guys stacked some real solid clips and a few real gnarly ones as well. We kind of want to see Nick pull that curved wall ride to wall, but based off what we saw, that looked like it hurt, haha.

“Our DIG ‘In The Cut’ video series continues today with some raw clips from Santa Barbara’s resident jujitsu warrior Nick Castillo and BSD’s hubba fiend David Grant shot (all on iPhone) while David was out from Indiana on one of his frequent visits. There’s even a couple nugs from Cody Bowers in the there too. BMX for life breech!” – DIG BMX

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Cult – Louis Zimmer Welcome Video

July 30, 2015

Cult have a new connect in Germany through Traffic Distribution that goes by the name of Louis Zimmer! We’ve seen footage of Louis in the past, but we don’t remember him being this buttery smooth! Watch as he puts together some amazing manual lines filled with spins and grinds that are just that, smooth as butter! Plus, it’s clear he’s not scared to send it! Hit play and watch this BMX video to see just why Cult picked him up!

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2015 Van Doren Invitational Practice – Day 1

July 30, 2015

What happens when you drop a ton of guys like Chase Hawk, Greg Illingworth, Dean Cueson, Dan Foley, Maxime Charveron, Matt Roe, Larry Edgar, Kris Fox, Tom Dugan, Scotty Cranmer and a handful more of BMX’s best bowl riders (and let’s be real, most stylish) in for a session together? Amazing riding goes down. Take a look at what went down during the first day of practice for this years Van Doren Invitational in California! This contest is going to be nuts!

“Being on the deck at the 2015 Van Doren Invitational is a bit nuts… It’s essentially the most stacked bowl session of the century (with 30 of the best bowl riders in the world), and everyone has just a single hour heat to figure shit out. They somehow do figure shit out, and the result is a mixture of flowy speed, style, and tricks… Major shoutout to Larry Edgar and the triple tabletop in here, more to come tomorrow.

Music by Death and Vanilla” – Ride BMX

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Christian Lutz Bike Check

July 30, 2015

Radio Bikes caught up with their connect, Christian Lutz to take a closer look at his current Toren setup that he’s running. Always good to see some brakes on a finely tuned machine since that’s not all too common these days. You can get a closer look at the bike check by clicking RIGHT HERE!

Want to see more bikes? Get a look at these Bike Checks.

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